Medicare Home Health Agencies

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Addresses concerns about the rapid growth in the number of certified home health agencies (HHA) certified to care for Medicare beneficiaries a the effectiveness of the survey a certification process. Becoming a Medicare-certified HHA is relatively easy -- probably too easy, given the large number of problem agencies identified in various recent studies. This report determines how the Health Care Financing Admin. (HCFA): controls the entry of HHAs into the Medicare program, a ensures that certified HHAs continue to comply with Medicare's conditions of participation a associated standards. Also looks at HCFA's process for decertifying HHAs.We also recently suggested that the Congress may wish to consider enacting
legislation directing hcfa to carry out a pilot ... Similarly, adding a new type of
service should raise questions about whether the hha has the structure,
resources, andanbsp;...

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Medicare Home Health Agencies

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William J. Scanlon

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DIANE Publishing - 1999-03-01

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